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Title: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode | GB live
Post by: TyPo.mk on Mon, 18 November 2024, 17:39:39

GROUP BUY THREAD (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=124726.msg3202233#msg3202233)

PBS Goblin Mode
A goblin inspired uniform profile PBT set!

The Kits
(https://i.imgur.com/6jSu3PC.png)
Everything you'll need in your inventory. PBS being uniform allows this kit to cover the vast majority of keyboards. Note that this set does NOT utilize a full convex bottom row like MV classic- keeping the entire set row agnostic. The custom icons are meant to be a bit whimsical, evoking the idea of magic runes.

(https://i.imgur.com/WsRGKwu.jpeg)
An alternate base for halflings and gnomes.

(https://i.imgur.com/YxS02RP.png)
For German goblins

Photos
Sample photos! You may notice some legend errors- these are prototype keys that were made for color accuracy and so I could see the quality of dyesub. Please refer to the above kit image for the current legends, legend sizes, and legend alignment! Example changes- ! and ? were slightly scaled up and the enter novelty is centered based on the goblin itself rather than the entire legend.

(https://i.imgur.com/vFhJJSw.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/qyXlziU.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/rdhDoWB.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/mxaxWQS.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/joON431.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/lLqkuUG.png)

Deskmat
(https://i.imgur.com/3U9PbkP.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kza9sQB.png)
Shoutout to Tom for helping with the deskmat <3

WTH is PBS?
A super comfy uniform profile designed by Matt3o. You can read all about it HERE (https://cannonkeys.com/collections/pbs?srsltid=AfmBOoolJVw-ocVwvQUAfJWpYlznvlNJTEoQDOIpv7lUWFDFV8VCnen-)

Vendor List

US: Cannonkeys
UK: Prototypist
EU: MonacoKeys.de
Korea: Swagkeys
China: zFrontier/Keyreative
OCE: Keebz&Cables
SEA: ktechs.store

Estimated price-
Base- 70 USD
40s- 65 USD
Deskmat- 20 USD

Group buy date: April 2025

IC FORM (https://forms.gle/AfxZGZGFBXMWjzQa7)

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Thanks
Captain Sterling for the photos
Ice and Zhao from Keyreative
The team at Cannonkeys
Ray HH Dalio
All my friends :D

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: SacredMundane on Mon, 18 November 2024, 17:48:11

Looks nice! I think you should double up on every bar 2u and under though.

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Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: DirtyGingy on Mon, 18 November 2024, 18:12:24

For those that haven't tried PBS, the phrase "super comfy" is an understatement. After using it for a week it made cherry feel uncomfortable by comparison

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: hali on Mon, 18 November 2024, 18:19:54

who up goblin it

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: Bub on Mon, 18 November 2024, 18:27:21

as a fellow goblin myself, this set is a must buy

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: unwashed_heathen on Mon, 18 November 2024, 21:21:39

Please hurry up and sell this to me, thx

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: Serenn on Tue, 19 November 2024, 02:35:34

Novelties are cute as heck! GLWIC

Granted they're icons so you can just swap them; how come it's win instead of ctrl 1.75u?
Is the singular "ansi pipe" 1.5 win just a catch-all or does it serve a specific purpose? Why not just make 2x 1.5u win in that case so it'll cover hhkb (again, you could always use the ctrl as it's icons but ...)
A mod color kit would be be fun, certainly not a dealbreaker though!
Personally would've skipped light-coloured wasd, but if there's demand/personal choice it's fine
I agree with doubling up on smaller bars

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: TyPo.mk on Tue, 19 November 2024, 05:38:21

Quote from: Serenn on Tue, 19 November 2024, 02:35:34

Novelties are cute as heck! GLWIC

Granted they're icons so you can just swap them; how come it's win instead of ctrl 1.75u?
Is the singular "ansi pipe" 1.5 win just a catch-all or does it serve a specific purpose? Why not just make 2x 1.5u win in that case so it'll cover hhkb (again, you could always use the ctrl as it's icons but ...)
A mod color kit would be be fun, certainly not a dealbreaker though!
Personally would've skipped light-coloured wasd, but if there's demand/personal choice it's fine
I agree with doubling up on smaller bars

Good catch on both of those, the 1.75 should be the other icon and there should be 2 of those 1.5s… got my wires crossed counting the icons there.
Some early feedback I’ve gotten from a couple people is to swap the ctrl and win icons entirely because square looks like windows so that may happen if enough people request it.

The “gamer” wasd is a personal choice (requested by my wife) and won’t affect the retail price. If it turns out I need to cut things they would be the first to go though.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: HungHingDaiLo on Tue, 19 November 2024, 08:37:40

Goblin Gang Assemble!
Also, GLWIC TY

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: bigmaxnonions on Tue, 19 November 2024, 08:56:17

Would be an insta-buy if there is a novelty enter key that says " RIP Fartbuckle"

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: scootbroer on Tue, 19 November 2024, 09:13:47

love the novelties!

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: Chippy on Tue, 19 November 2024, 20:14:19

(https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/images/Goblin_chathead.png) Finally, a set for my people.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: TyPo.mk on Wed, 20 November 2024, 11:01:00

First of all thanks for all the support and thank you everyone who has submitted feedback! I’ve gotten many responses to the form, instagram dms, and discord messages.

First and foremost- I’ve heard you loud and clear 40s folks! I’ll be adding a separate ortho/40s base. It should look very very similar to MV Classics (https://cannonkeys.com/products/pbs-mv-classic?variant=42567291338863)

Second: I’ll definitely be adding more novs!

These were the two most common requests I got

If you requested things like for me to change the theme or profile… no :)

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: Bobatype on Tue, 26 November 2024, 04:10:45

Quote from: TyPo.mk on Tue, 19 November 2024, 05:38:21

Some early feedback I’ve gotten from a couple people is to swap the ctrl and win icons entirely because square looks like windows so that may happen if enough people request it.

I agree with this. The square block icon is visually heavier due the large dark square, so I would personally prefer it in the Win key position, whereas the triangular symbol feels more balanced in the typical bottom row configuration.
Furthermore the Control key is commonly represented with the ^ Caret symbol which is triangular looking too.

It's always nice to see unique modifier icon legends (and in this case, it makes the whole design a lot cuter). This is subjective, but here's some minor suggestions:
- Function/Menu key legend - make the centre horizontal line dark instead
- Shift legend - make them outline instead of in-fill - seems a little more consistent with the other modifier icon legends if they're in-fill, however I understand why you would choose to keep them in-fill.
- Del icon legend - I find the dark dot placement above the X seems a bit forced. Perhaps remove it, and make 2 of the diagonal line arms darker (either >, or \)

I'm not an ISO user, but I think they would be sad if there's no ISO enter novelty.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode
Post by: TyPo.mk on Tue, 26 November 2024, 07:26:50

Quote from: Bobatype on Tue, 26 November 2024, 04:10:45

- Shift legend - make them outline instead of in-fill - seems a little more consistent with the other modifier icon legends if they're in-fill, however I understand why you would choose to keep them in-fill.

- Del icon legend - I find the dark dot placement above the X seems a bit forced. Perhaps remove it, and make 2 of the diagonal line arms darker (either >, or \)

I'm not an ISO user, but I think they would be sad if there's no ISO enter novelty.

Shift: I completely understand this feedback- I polled a large number of my keycap designer friends with rough renders using both filled, outline, and a third option where they were a sort of disconnected outline and almost everyone preferred the filled version

Del: I probably won’t be changing this unless I get several more requests for it. I did try recoloring 2 arms and it ends up looking a bit like a % or ><

Win/Ctrl: definitely going to swap these and just to offer both assuming it doesn’t change retail price. Funny the square started out as a carat that I slowly edited and added and rotated, and the current win icon started out as the something inspired by the Mac clover that I slowly bastardized into this. One of those scenarios where I’ve looked at it so much I needed fresh sets of eyes to point out the similarities.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: TyPo.mk on Sat, 25 January 2025, 18:59:45

Base updated, new 40's base added, GB month added

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: XiXora on Sun, 26 January 2025, 19:40:21

Would have been nice to get ISO accent. Oh well.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: TyPo.mk on Sat, 01 February 2025, 10:35:00

Some proxies added, more to come

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: kinnju on Tue, 11 February 2025, 23:42:07

love the novelties and the details you've done to some of the mod keys too!

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: TyPo.mk on Wed, 19 February 2025, 20:37:05

Eu vendor added

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: vhaarr on Thu, 20 February 2025, 03:00:24

Quote from: TyPo.mk on Wed, 19 February 2025, 20:37:05

Eu vendor added

nordeuk pls? :-D

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode- Kitting update! New 40s base
Post by: TyPo.mk on Sun, 09 March 2025, 12:24:41

Quote from: vhaarr on Thu, 20 February 2025, 03:00:24

Quote from: TyPo.mk on Wed, 19 February 2025, 20:37:05
Eu vendor added

nordeuk pls? :-D

Hello, at vendor request I'll be adding a DE base but not full nordeuk, there just isn't enough demand and additional kits will increases the price of everything unfortunately

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode ~Group buy in April~
Post by: dvorcol on Sun, 09 March 2025, 14:49:19

I love that your 40's kit has four keycaps for alternative layout support - two blank homing and F & J non-homing.

Could you add this support to the full-size base kit? Alternative layouts are not exclusively used on 40s keyboards.

Oh, and there's an error in the 40s kit picture. It should show barred J, not barred H.

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode ~Group buy in April~
Post by: TyPo.mk on Mon, 10 March 2025, 09:42:54

Quote from: dvorcol on Sun, 09 March 2025, 14:49:19

I love that your 40's kit has four keycaps for alternative layout support - two blank homing and F & J non-homing.

Could you add this support to the full-size base kit? Alternative layouts are not exclusively used on 40s keyboards.

Oh, and there's an error in the 40s kit picture. It should show barred J, not barred H.

Good catch I will fix both and update when I post the German base

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode 4/4 GB, new German kit and deskmat
Post by: TyPo.mk on Mon, 17 March 2025, 06:44:15

Deskmats and German base added

Gb 4/4/2025

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode 4/4 GB, new German kit and deskmat
Post by: MonacoKeys on Sun, 30 March 2025, 13:13:10

Quote from: TyPo.mk on Mon, 17 March 2025, 06:44:15

Deskmats and German base added

Gb 4/4/2025

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode | GB live
Post by: TyPo.mk on Fri, 04 April 2025, 08:47:55

Gb is live

Title: Re: [IC] PBS Goblin Mode | GB live
Post by: JackQn on Fri, 04 April 2025, 17:54:36

DeskMat Goblin looks strong, just like me. :cool: